weather

An Enormous Arctic Spiral

Looking south across the southern tip of Greenland, this satellite image shows an enormous cloud vortex spiraling over the northern…

11 years ago

NASA Satellite Snaps Winter Storm “Nemo”

Captured by NASA's GOES-13 weather satellite on Friday, Feb. 8, this image shows the convergence of two massive low-pressure systems that…

11 years ago

Clouds of Sand and Iron Swirl in a Failed Star’s Extreme Atmosphere

Artist's concept of brown dwarf  2MASSJ22282889-431026 (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The complex weather patterns within the atmosphere of a rapidly-rotating brown dwarf have been…

11 years ago

Hurricane Sandy Barreling to Eastern Seaboard Menacing Millions

Image Caption: NOAA Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy threatening millions of people living along US Eastern Seaboard. See NASA satellite…

11 years ago

Bolt from the Blue: Giant Flash of Lightning Seen in Saturn’s Storm

An enormous storm that wrapped its way around Saturn's northern hemisphere during the first half of 2011 wasn't just a…

12 years ago

New Gigantic Tornado Spotted on Mars

[/caption] Last month, we were excited to share an image of a twister on Mars that lofted a twisting column…

12 years ago

Clouds Get in the Way on Mars

[/caption] The science team from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter wanted to take another look at a…

12 years ago

Fears of Tornado Catastrophes Due to Global Warming Unfounded

[/caption] The 2012 tornado season got off to a rousing start. Between February 28th and March 3rd, two deadly storm…

12 years ago

Today’s Martian Weather: Partly Cloudy

[/caption] Changing seasons in Mars' northern hemisphere brings a change in the weather, and the clouds have rolled in to…

12 years ago

Getting to the Core of Earth’s Falling Snow

[/caption] An international plan is unfolding that will launch satellites into orbit to study global snowfall precipitation with unprecedented detail.…

12 years ago